AcceLight Networks Canada Inc. and the Communications Research Centre Canada Team Up to Demonstrate the World's First Photonic Service Switch.Business Editors/Technology Writers OTTAWA--(BUSINESS WIRE)--March 11, 2002 ACCELIGHT AcceLight Networks Canada Inc. teamed up with the Canadian government's Communications Research Centre The Communications Research Centre (CRC) Canada is a scientific laboratory on Carling Avenue at Shirley's Bay in Ottawa. The Communications Research Centre has been committed to applied and basic research in communications and related technologies since the late 1940s. Canada (CRC (Cyclical Redundancy Checking) An error checking technique used to ensure the accuracy of transmitting digital data. The transmitted messages are divided into predetermined lengths which, used as dividends, are divided by a fixed divisor. ) to show the cost and technology benefits of the world's first fully operational photonic service switch. The demonstration, hosted at CRC's Broadband Applications and Demonstration Laboratory (BADLAB BADLAB Broadband Applications and Demonstrations Laboratory (TM)), showcased AcceLight's PhotoniX 540 Switch (PXS 540), supported by its network management system, PhotoniX Core Manager (PXM PXM Puerto Escondido, Oaxaca, Mexico (Airport Code) PXM Processor Switch Module (Cisco) PXM Processor X Module ) and its graphical user interface graphical user interface (GUI) Computer display format that allows the user to select commands, call up files, start programs, and do other routine tasks by using a mouse to point to pictorial symbols (icons) or lists of menu choices on the screen as opposed to having to , WebClient. AcceLight demonstrated the PXS 540's network intelligence and interoperability with simple point-and-click provisioning across the CRC's installed IP and packet-based transport systems. This real-time network consolidation and simplification enabled by Generalized Multi-Protocol Label Switching (networking) label switching - A routing technique that uses information from existing IP routing protocols to identify IP datagrams with labels and forwards them to a modified switch or router, which then uses the labels to switch the datagrams through the network. (G-MPLS G-MPLS Generalized Multi-Protocol Label Switching ) will drive down capital and operating expenses Operating expenses The amount paid for asset maintenance or the cost of doing business, excluding depreciation. Earnings are distributed after operating expenses are deducted. for service providers, allowing them to focus on future revenue streams. When fully deployed, AcceLight's network solution, will simultaneously support TDM (Time Division Multiplexing) A technology that transmits multiple signals simultaneously over a single transmission path. Each lower-speed signal is time sliced into one high-speed transmission. +Optical+Packet (TOP) switched services. "Our relationship with AcceLight Networks is helping keep Canadians at the forefront of network technology," says Bob Kuley, VP of Broadband Network Technologies Research at CRC. "With the technology we're talking about here, service providers will see cost savings and be able to consolidate network traffic." Both the savings and consolidation are made possible with the photonic burst switching fabric that is coupled with G-MPLS. "Demonstration participants were impressed with our technology and our CRC partnership, but the major intent of this event was to demonstrate the cost benefits - the photonic economics - that our photonic service switching solution brings to capital and operational expenses," says Dr. Hyong Kim, CEO (1) (Chief Executive Officer) The highest individual in command of an organization. Typically the president of the company, the CEO reports to the Chairman of the Board. and co-founder of AcceLight Networks. "As capital expenditures continue to be closely monitored and service providers evaluate emerging technologies, carriers need to develop new revenue streams," says Nancee Ruzicka, an analyst with The Yankee Group. "The AcceLight Networks solution addresses the efficiencies and flexibility that next-generation networks need to embrace." About AcceLight AcceLight Networks Canada Inc. is a privately held new-generation designer and manufacturer of the industry-leading PhotoniX suite of products. The company was founded in 1999 and employs more than 180 people at its Ottawa R&D facility. For more information, please visit www.accelight.com About the Communications Research Centre Canada (CRC) An agency of Industry Canada, CRC has been the federal government's primary laboratory committed to basic and applied research in communications and related technologies since the late 1940's. The mission of CRC's Broadband Network Technologies Research Branch is to address key issues such as: interoperability between wireline and wireless services; network standards and security; and the convergence of communications, broadcast and computer technologies. A strong and complementary research program in optoelectronics and photonics develops enabling technologies to increase network capacity and versatility. The Branch's research program is divided into two main areas: Network Systems and Applications, and Optoelectronics and Photonics. For more information, please visit www.crc.ca |
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